A Fortunate Man (2019)

★★★★ "Delicate staging...coolly restrained" The Independent

★★★★ "Beautiful, clever and caring" The Stage

About the play

Fifty years ago, writer John Berger and photographer Jean Mohr followed the working life of a country doctor, for what went on to become one of the most important books about medical practice.

Today, New Perspectives collaborates with theatre-maker Michael Pinchbeck to explore and expand on this fascinating work, setting it against verbatim interviews with doctors today.

More Reviews

★★★★ "An extraordinary duet of diagnoses" The Scotsman

★★★★ "Radical...stimulating...compelling" The List

★★★★ "Quietly considered, unshowlngly sophisticated" WhatOnStage

★★★★ "Clever" The Edinburgh Reporter

"Moving and understated" The Times

"A thoughtful piece of writing" A Younger Theatre

"The play skilfully immerses the audience in both Berger's text and photographs by Jean Mohr" Pulse

Cast and Creative Team

Writer: Michael Pinchbeck
Director: Michael Pinchbeck
Designer: Eleanor Field
Lighting Designer: Amy Mae
Cast: Hayley Doherty and Matthew Brown (2018); Hayley Doherty and Jamie de Courcey (2019)

Performances

Edinburgh Fringe run August 2018

Toured:14 January – 9 February 2019

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